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Panel removes instruction that receiving provider must contact signing provider from POLST form
Summary
At the Department of Public Health February meeting, staff reported a planned edit to a POLST-style medical orders form to remove a line directing a receiving provider to contact the provider who signed the form; members said the instruction was not reflected in existing policies and could interfere with medical practice.
Department of Public Health meeting — February
At a February Department of Public Health meeting, staff reported they will remove a line in the draft medical orders (POLST-style) form that told a receiving provider to follow orders and then contact the physician or other provider who signed the form. The change was recommended after a legal review found the contact requirement did not appear in the policies and could interfere with clinical practice.
The revision emerged during a staff update from Dante, a policy staff member, who said the form and the written policies must match. “Part of our legal review has been…
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